[cobirds] Pueblo Hybrid Duck

2012-03-31 Thread Steven Mlodinow
Greetings All Brandon's photos are of a goldeneye (presumably COGO) x Bufflehead hybrid, one of the sweetest hybrid combos, and fairly uncommon. Sweet shots Cheers Steven Mlodinow Longmont CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group

[cobirds] Weld County Sightings Saturday March 31

2012-03-31 Thread Douglas Kibbe
Georgia Doyle and I spent Saturday morning visiting several Weld County birding locations. The following are several of our more noteworthy sightings St Vrain St ParkMute Swan (the first of three seen today), Osprey and Great Egrets WCR 54 Two more Mute Swans Lower Latham Marsh (WCR 48)

[cobirds] CFO Photo Quiz

2012-03-31 Thread coloradodipper
Hi all: I have posted the solution to last week's CFO Photo Quiz (www.cfobirds.org). Good luck with the current quiz. Enjoy, Tony Leukering Villas, NJ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to co

[cobirds] FOY Turkey Vulture old Town Louisville

2012-03-31 Thread lark L
While walking dogs at 8:00 this morning. TV preening atop telephone pole near Grant and Spruce Streets. Lark LatchLouisville, Co -- You received th

[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (31 Mar 2012) 3 Raptors

2012-03-31 Thread reports
Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 31, 2012 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0

[cobirds] Red Rocks and Chatfield Saturday.

2012-03-31 Thread Robert A. Spencer
Hi Cobirders, Son Bob and I went at 10:30AM to Red Rocks . Saw about 5 White-throated Swifts off the North Cliff high . The Peregrine Falcon around back was on a high ledge. An adult Red-tailed Hawk flew about the mountain to the West. Lots of people. Went to Chatfield at 12:15PM. Wen

[cobirds] Pawnee Grasslands

2012-03-31 Thread Bob's Email
Hi At Crow Valley Campground, still closed to vehicles, there were 1 to 2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers. Looks like they could increase there status to becoming permanate, resident species, with there continuous occurrence there from last year to now? Would this then represent their furtherest wester

[cobirds] FOY Say's Phoebe Jeffco

2012-03-31 Thread Kayleen A Niyo
FOY Say's Phoebe hawking insects from fence line of Jeffco N Table Mt OS prairie dog colony this morning! Previous earliest sighting there was 2 Apr 2011. Keeping fingers crossed that my pair returns to my nest box! Kay Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D. Niyo Scientific Communications Kay Niyo Photograp

[cobirds] No Vermilion Flycatcher Holyoke, Phillips

2012-03-31 Thread Todd Deininger
Talked to the home owner where Scott saw it Thursday. It was not seen since than. Todd Deininger Longmont, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

[cobirds] CFO Photo Quiz

2012-03-31 Thread coloradodipper
Hi all: Well, those previous computer and system glitches I mentioned in my last post on this subject were more extensive than I had thought then. All have now been solved, but I found that a large minority of responses to quiz #439 had not been taken into account, those responses being on a d

[cobirds] Hybrid duck Pueblo Reservoir 3/31 (photos)

2012-03-31 Thread Brandon K. Percival
This morning, I photographed a hybrid duck at Pueblo Reservoir (Pueblo County) off North Picnic Road.  Margie Joy also was able to see it.  I believe it is a Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye hybrid, or at least that was the best fit I could come up with.  I've never seen anything like this before.

[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (29 Mar 2012) 4 Raptors

2012-03-31 Thread reports
Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 29, 2012 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0

[cobirds] 1st Turkey Vulture Masonville roost, Larimer County

2012-03-31 Thread Pat Hayward
Spring's hit Masonville! 1st (single) Turkey Vulture appeared last evening, March 30, at the Masonville Post Office roost on CR 27 at 5300'. Recorded dates for FOY have been from March 26 and April 5 so it's right on schedule. With the warm weather I've actually been expecting them to show up soone

[cobirds] Greater Roadrunner, Dinosaur Ridge, Jefferson County

2012-03-31 Thread Dave Hill
Today's highlight at HawkWatch, Dinosaur Ridge, included the reappearance of the Greater Roadrunner! At 1:20 PM MDT Michael Kiessig observed it walking south among the shrubs just to the north of our HawkWatch lookout point. It then presented itself directly on a platform boulder for all of 15 sec

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, March 31, 2012

2012-03-31 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: March 31, 2012 e-mail: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Birds Alert for Saturday, March 31, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message